Improvement in window-shade hangers



A. F. STOWE.

Window Shade Hangers I P10152356. Patentedlune23,.1874.

WITNESSES. IJVVEJV'TOR Attorneys.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW F. STOVE, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDOW-SHADE HANGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,256, dated June 23,1874; application filed May 4, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW F. S'rowE, of Haverhill, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in WVindow-Shade Han gers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the hangers employed inadjusting and hanging window-shades, maps, 850.; and consists in a novelextensible hanger suitable for windows of difl'erent breadths.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a front view of a shade suspended by myimproved hanger. Fig. 2 is an end view of same.

The following is a description of my inven tion as applied towindow-shades.

A is the curtain-roller, which bears the curtain or shade A. The rollerAmay be of any style, either spring or otherwise, and forms no part ofmy invention, which is adapted to any style of roller. B are brackets,made of any suitable material, and are provided with bearings U for theroller-shaft, and sockets D for the ends of the extensible rods E and Ethat connect the two brackets B. E and E connect the two brackets, toeach of which they are securely fastened. These rods are divided alongthe middle portions thereof, and at these points are embraced by collarse e, that ad mit of the making the distance between the brackets greateror less by drawing out or forcing together, as a telescope would belengthened or shortened, to suit the breadth of the window or length ofthe shade-roller. The lower rod E and its collar 0 are in the nature ofa roller, and the curtain or shade, as it extends down from the rollerA, is passed behind the rod E, as shown in Fig. 2, and is thereby heldclose to the window.

Instead of the rod E a being constructed as a roller, it may, ifdesired, be simply a smooth extensible rod, over which the shade canslide; but I prefer to make it a roller.

In order that this extensible bracket may be readily attached to orremoved from the window-casing without requiring the employment ofscrews and screw-drivers, I form but a single screw-hole through the topof each bracket B, and employ two gimlet thumbscrews, F F, which can bereadily driven or removed by hand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The extensibleshade or map hanger, composed of brackets B and extensible bars E E,substantially as set forth and shown.

2. The combination of roller A, shade or map A, brackets B I3, andextensible rods E E, substantially as set forth and shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this2d day of May, 1874.

ANDREW F. STOIVE.

Witnesses WELLs W. Lneenrr, H. O. Scorr.

